STOT

Etymology 1

Noun

stot (plural stots)

(obsolete) An inferior horse.

An ox or bull.

(regional) A heifer.

Etymology 2

Noun

stot (plural stots)

(Scotland, Northern England) A bounce or rebound

(zoology, of quadrupeds) A leap using all four legs at once.

Verb

stot (third-person singular simple present stots, present participle stottin or stotting, simple past and past participle stotted)

(intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To bounce, rebound or ricochet.

(transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.

(transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To stumble.

(intransitive, zoology, of quadrupeds) To leap using all four legs at once.

Synonym: pronk

(obsolete) To strike, push, shove. [–16th c.]

Anagrams

• TSTO, tost, tots

Source: Wiktionary


Stot, n. Etym: [AS. stotte a hack, jade, or worthless horse; cf. Sw. stut a bull, Dan. stud an ox. Cf. Stoat.]

1. A horse. [Obs.] Chaucer. Thorold Rogers.

2. A young bull or ox, especially one three years old. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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